Safety-hook.



PATENTBD JUNE 30, 1903.

F. L X. SAFETY HOOK. APPLIOATIOR FILED NOV. 3, 1902.

v H0 MODEL.

INVENTOH' W/ T/VESSES:

Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCES LYNX, OF NEW YORK, N." Y.

SAFETY-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forrmng part of Letters Patent N 0. 732,308, dated June30, 1903. Application filed November 3, 1902. Serial No. 129,941. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCES LYNX, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-.llooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hooks used for carryingdifferent articles such as eyeglasses, watches, skirt-lifters, dtc. myhook being constructed in such a way as to make the falling out ortearing oif of the things carried in them impossible. The way in which Ido this is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside View of the hook with uplifted ring, one part, the needle-point,be-

ing broken off at m. Fig. 2 is a front View of the complete hook withuplifted ring. Fig. 3 is a side view of the hook from the righthand sidewhen closed.

Similar letters refer to similar throughout the several views.

A wire of required length is bent at a, as shown in Fig. 2, both partsof the wire running closely together and parallel to each other up to cin' a light convex curve. From 6 to c it is bent first in a concave andthen in a convex curve. At 0 the double wire forms a loop and then runsup to d, at which point the two ends of wire are used for differentpurposes. The one end 6 (shown in front in Fig. 3) is wound in a fullcircle and a half forming the spring part of a safety-pin, the end beingcut off at the required length and pointed to a needle-point. The otherend f is bent at cl only around a half-circle. At the end of therequired length it carries a point-protector,

parts as used in safety-pins. At d both parts are connected by a littleplate '6 to keep them in close connection. A ring g is slipped throughthe spring-ring of e and around the other wire f, hanging in thereloosely. It has to be large enough to reach over the first part of thehook a b when the same is pressed back to touch the part c d. The ringcan be shaped like a key-ring cut longitudinally in a spiral line, asusual, or it can be slipped in before fully bent together and thenbrazed or soldered. In Fig 2 this ring g is shown in an upliftedposition, in which it will be held to enable the hooking in of eitheranother ring it, carrying a Watch, skirt-lifter, &c., or the bridge of apair of eyeglasses, 850. After this object is hooked in the ring 9 isdrawn over the hook at b, and after having passed a will resume theposition as shown in Fig. 3.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A double-bent hook made of double-folded wire, one end formed into asafety-pin point, the other end having a spring-bend and apoint-protector to said safety-pin point, in combination with'a ring grunning through and held in position by the spring-bend of thesafety-pin, and adapted to slide over the bent part a b of the hook,thus securing the safe closure of the hook substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCES LYNX.

Witnesses:

ADAM BRENZINGER; HERMINA M. LYNX.

